Kavi Darbar

Kavi Darbar (literally "poet court") is a term that refers to historical Sikh durbars (courts) composed of congregations of poets, litterateurs, artists, and scholars that were established and had flourished during the guruship period of Guru Gobind Singh in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.[1]: 62–63 [note 1] These establishments served as Sikh centres of learning and scholarship. They played a pivotal role in the history of Sikh literature.

  1. ^ Fenech, Louis E.; McLeod, William H. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4.


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